Like turning on a faucet, in need of either hot or cold water--we know which handle to twist for the desired outcome:  Hot is hot and cold is cold.  There are only two choices. When training employees, a team, children, and ourselves: there is always a right way and a wrong way to handle things/to complete-a-task... to decide.  Right and wrong: there are only two choices. While we can argue that there can be gray-areas...we can also agree that there is always  a clear option (in every situation) to do what is (clearly) correct, and as Believers in God, we defer to the Bible as our right-and-wrong handbook. But Joseph (the husband of the virgin Mary) reminds us (through the Bible) that when we make the right choice in life (even when difficult),  sometimes God presents an previously-unknown third option that He alone can provide (sometimes!)  if  we are making choices that honor Him. How so? Well...you may know this historical account, but let's learn...

The bad news is that Albert's hospital gown was halfway down his torso, and he had dried vomit on his beard, right clavicle, arm, and chest.   The good news is that our visit and conversation ended in prayer, with us holding hands, and him asking Jesus into his heart.   The good outweighs the bad--- thank the Lord .   ~~~ The word on the street, (or at least in his nursing home hallway) is that Albert is a tough customer, having a reputation for yelling, and sometimes kicking nurses out of his room.   But I wonder how it would feel to be in the end stages of life without any loved ones around, and left alone in a low-income nursing home? I have a heart for Albert, and so does Jesus, and it was for this reason that I stopped in his room to visit yesterday. Like an abused dog, Albert searched my eyes to discern if he could trust me, and something between my smile and my greeting, (which included introducing myself and gently reminding him that God l...